Ruscello D M, Lass N J
Percept Mot Skills. 1977 Feb;44(1):155-9. doi: 10.2466/pms.1977.44.1.155.
To determine whether oral tactile changes accompany improvement in articulation, 16 children were administered two tests of oral tactile perception and two tests of articulation competency at three time periods: before, during, and at the end of speech therapy. A positive relationship between articulation proficiency and oral tactile perception was established. Both articulation tests reflected a progressive improvement for the group across the three testing periods. One of the tests of oral tactile perception reflected the same progressive trend and the second test, while not exhibiting the identical trend, did reflect a general improvement from the first to the third testing period. These findings indicate that oral tactile skills appear to be important factors in speech production and that such skills should be assessed in cases of functional articulation disorders,
为了确定口语触觉变化是否伴随着发音能力的提高，在三个时间段（言语治疗前、治疗期间和治疗结束时）对16名儿童进行了两项口腔触觉感知测试和两项发音能力测试。发音熟练度与口腔触觉感知之间建立了正相关关系。两项发音测试都反映了该组在三个测试阶段的逐步改善。其中一项口腔触觉感知测试反映了相同的逐步趋势，另一项测试虽然没有呈现出完全相同的趋势，但确实反映了从第一次到第三次测试阶段的总体改善。这些发现表明，口腔触觉技能似乎是言语产生中的重要因素，并且在功能性发音障碍的病例中应该评估这些技能。
